bacteria
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Potable water is water that is free of harmful bacteria and chemicals and is considered safe to drink and cook with.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Some of the cases date back a year, but all involve bacteria that are almost genetically identical, suggesting a common food source.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I would have expected these microbes to have dried out," said Regberg, who studies space station bacteria and was a co-author on the paper.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Gut bacteria have already been connected with numerous aspects of health, including metabolic, neurodegenerative, and cardiovascular diseases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Couldn’t get the redness and the swelling out of my mind, my skin responding to the invasion of parasitic bacteria.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
Researchers from the Netherlands and Spain say the bacterium could potentially be developed into a nutraceutical probiotic aimed at age-related muscle wasting.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
It is more unusual to see an outbreak like this linked to one specific stain of the bacterium affecting many people at one time.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
And in April, Rickettsia, a rare but deadly tick-borne bacterium, was found in a person living in Sonoma County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
This allowed them to identify traces of several pathogens, including Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague, and Borrelia recurrentis, which causes louse borne relapsing fever.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
This bacterium actually kills by poisoning rather than by disease.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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